Reference files that are gitignored

[funct7]

It would be great to have a way to reference files (using @) that are .gitignored.
.gitignore just means you don’t want to commit a file—not that you can’t reference or use it.

A typical use case would be when Codex needs to look up the implementation of a function or a type in a library, which is likely to be .gitignored. You could point it to the file to make everyone's life much easier.

I think this could probably be handled in tandem with #2847 , when .codexignore or .agentignore is implemented.

For example, Gemini has respectGitignore and respectGeminiIgnore settings, so that . geminiignored files can be obscured while .gitignored files can be referenced.

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[funct7]

Thanks. I didn't see it at first.